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CHANTICLEER 
POEMS 

EDWARD F. JACKMAN 




BOSTON 

THE POET LORE COMPANY 

THE GORHAM PRESS 



Copyright, 1917, by Edward F. Jackman 



All Rights Reserved 



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MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A. 

FEB -I 1918 

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PREFACE 

The author takes pleasure in offering to the public 
this little book of verse, the writing of which has 
afforded him during an active business-life, a never 
failing source of joy and pleasure. 



May the teaching of sages 

Who have lived through the ages 

Since the creation of man. 

His conception and birth 

Inspire our laws 

And make us a nation. 

The first and the greatest 

And freest on earth. 



CONTENTS 

Chanticleer 9 

Song Birds at Dawn lo 

Lines to a Bird 1 1 

The Awakening I2 

All Hail to the Flowers 13 

What Joy to Tread the Silent Path 14 

The Maine Woods 15 

For Him Who Will Seek 16 

Beyond 17 

Evening 18 

The Work of God 19 

Stand by the Flag 20 

America Will Grasp the Sword 21 

Written on the Occasion of the 69th N. Y. N. 

G. Leaving for the Front 22 

Red, White and Blue 23 

Gettysburg 24 

Easter 25 

Easter Chimes 26 

Our Lord 27 

Jesus Guide Me 28 

O God of Love 29 

Love Abideth Forever 30 

In Thine Abiding Place 31 

The Light of Christianity 32 

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CONTENTS 

Could I Scan the Book of Knowledge 33 

Truth 34 

Faith, Hope and Charity 35 

The Aged Prelate 36 

A Democratic Church 37 

Christmas 38 

Childhood 39 

The Dream of a By-Gone Day 40 

Come Sing the Old Time Melodies 41 

Just a Home 42 

Our Baby 43 

Traveling Life's Pathway Together 44 

The Hudson River 45 

The Jersey Shore 46 

Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 47 

Hurrah for the Allies of 1912-13 48 

Erin 49 

Caesar 50 

The Birth of the New Year 51 

Waste Not, Want Not 52 

A Dual Nature 53 

Death 54 

Star of Hope 55 

Dreamland 56 

Annette's Garden 57 

Your Memory FU Treasure 58 

To Complete the Plan 59 

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CHANTICLEER POEMS 



CHANTICLEER 

Chanticleer, Chanticleer, 
Gayly your note I hear. 
Loudly the stilly air rings 
With its din. 

Herald of the morning, 
The great day is dawning, 
And free is your note as ye 
tJsher it in. 

Chanticleer, Chanticleer, 
Who tuned your note so clear? 
Who gave you feeling to 

Welcome the morn? 

Who paints your colors bright? 
Who guides each ray of light ? 
Long life to Chanticleer, who 

Welcomes the dawn. 



SONG BIRDS AT DAWN 

O'er the hills the morning is breaking; 
Brightly the eastern skies are aglow. 
Throughout the woodland's bird life's awaking, 
Sweetly the notes from their yellow throats flow. 

Hark to the bob-o-link's note of greeting! 
Robin-red-breast adds his sweet refrain. 
Myriad bird-notes the air's permeating; 
Bluebirds are singing a joyous strain. 

O'erhead a tiny thrush is singing; 
Yonder, you hear the oriole's lay. 
Sweetly, melodious notes are ringing; 
Ushering in the dawning of the day. 



10 



LINES TO A BIRD 

Little bird that sings to me, 

Song of joy, of hope, and gladness, 

Dispelling, by your note so free. 
All my pensiveness and sadness. 

From where the boughs of yonder tree, 
Half your tiny formes concealing. 

Comes your silvery note to me. 
Softly on my senses stealing. 

Why thou singest thus, I know not, 
Nor what thy mission here may be; 

But, sweet bird, thy song this morning 
Brings new hope and joy to me. 



II 



THE AWAKENING j 

Have you watched the mist at morning, , 

Disappear before the dawning? \ 

Have you heard the feathered songsters ^ 

Raise their sonorous hue and cry? ^ 

Far away, you hear the voicing. 
Of the meadow-lark rejoicing. 
At the awakening of the spring-time 
And at the promise in the sky. 

Have you felt the nerve vibration? 
And joyous exhilaration? 
As you heed the "Call of the Wild" 
That calls the loudest in the spring? 
Overhead you hear the ringing 
Of the notes the songbirds singing. 
While all nature seems rejoicing 
At the awakening of spring. 



12 



ALL HAIL TO THE FLOWERS 

All hail to the flowers, 

To the sweet blushing flowers, 

All hail to the flowers ever blooming fair, 

That through life's checkered story. 

Like stars in their glory. 

Still brighten our pathways and lighten our care. 

All hail to the flowers, 

To the bright blooming flowers. 

The flowers that bloom ever lovely and gay, 

May their sweet shining faces 

And their heavenly graces 

Still brighten our paths as the years roll away ! 



13 



WHAT JOY TO TREAD THE SILENT 

PATH 

What joy to tread the silent path 
That stretches through the forest wild, 
And roam through upland, glade, or glen 
Where nature still is undefiled. 

What joy to roam the woodlands o'er 
Where only forest life abound. 
Where nature sows with lavish hand 
But only nature's work is found. 

What sense of peaceful solitude 
The vast expanse of wilds afford, 
Afar from beaten paths of man 
Where nature's melodies accord. 



14 



THE MAINE WOODS 

There is a country, wild and fair, 
Where lofty mountain peaks are looming; 
Here fragrant balsam fills the air. 
From out the pines and flowers blooming. 

A boundless country, far and wide. 
Mountain, forest, and lake ensuing ; 
Here silence reigns on every side 
That's broken only by nature's doing. 

At times the endless woods awake 
From out a silence quite appalling, 
As far across the mountain lake 
Comes shriek of loon or heron's calling. 



15 



FOR HIM WHO WILL SEEK 

Midst the reaches of woodland I wander to-day, 
Through the heart of a wildwood of tree and of 

vine, 
While the lark overhead wakes the wood with his 

lay, 
To re-echo for miles through the hemlock and pine. 

There's a feeling of calm in the earth and the air. 
That awakens new hope where the spirit is weak. 
For the soul that is weary, a haven is there. 
And new life in the woodlands for him who will 
seek. 



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BEYOND 

Beyond, amid the birds and the flowers, 
Beyond, where all nature's at play, 
Beyond, amid the leafy bowers. 
Ah, there's where I'd wander to.day. 

Beyond, where the fields are alluring. 
Beyond, where the woodlands are gay, 
Beyond, where wild nature is stirring. 
Ah, there's where my heart is to-day. 

Beyond, amid the fields and the uplands 
Beyond, where nature's glories abide. 
Beyond, I would roam through the woodlands 
With nothing but fanqr to guide. 



17; 



EVENING 

Lightly now the setting sun, 
Bathes the eastern hills with gold, 
Shines from out the horizon. 
While the deeper shades unfold. 

Lightly the evening star. 
Sheds a flood of silvery ray. 
Like a beacon from afar, 
Lighting up the waning day. 

Darker still the shadows fall. 
While the moon and stars grow bright, 
See unfolding to the view, 
All the glories of the night! 

Soon a firmament of stars, 
Their watch in heaven maintain, 
Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, 
High in heaven's broad domain. 



18 



THE WORK OF GOD 

When the somber of the woodlands turns to green, 
When the first blossoms of the spring are seen, 
When song birds are calling and vernal showers 

falling, 
Lo, the magic touch of nature transforms each living 

thing, 
And the earth is gladdened with a touch of spring. 

The working out of nature's laws, unfolding to the 

eye, 
Fills the mind with wonder and the heart with 

ecstacy. 
We watch the mighty working with a feeling ever 

new, 
*Tis the hand of God renewing with a touch that's 

ever true. 

Beyond the earth, the heavens a firmament array, 

The moon, the countless stars by night, the glorious 
sun by day. 

What was the beginning of all time? The Lord 
alone can tell 

Whose mind conceived a universe and fashioned all 
things well. 

And built the stars in heaven that for all time ac- 
cord, 

A monument to the constancy and glory of our 
Lord. 



19 



STAND BY THE FLAG 

Stand by the flag in the hour of peril, 
Stand by the flag and the land of your birth ! 
If we'd be free we must rally with freeman. 
Stand by the flag and defend home and hearth ! 

Would we prove worthy of those who before us 
Died for the freedom we cherish to-day? 
We too must rise in defense of that freedom, 
United and strong as they showed the way. 

United and strong in time of peril. 
Stand by the flag and the land of your birth, 
Show that the flower of freedom once planted 
Blooms on forever to brighten the earth. 



20 



AMERICA WILL GRASP THE SWORD 

When the nation's freedom and right 
Are threatened by a despot's might ; 
When war and hate are given birth, 
And Hell let loose upon the earth ; 
Her sons invoked at freedom's call, 
In freedom's cause will stand or fall. 

The eagle from his mountain height, 
Guards well his own with savage might. 
The hardiest will scarcely dare 
To beard the monach in his lair, 
And so must we at danger's call, 
No less than he, defend our all. 

Throughout the land our banners wave, 

Throughout the land the true and brave. 

Just as the eagle guards the crag. 

Are rallying to guard the flag. 

From North, from South,- the country wide 

Are gathering the nation's pride. 

Our flag, our flaming cross, shall be ; 
Shall rouse the land from sea to sea. 
A mighty host shall heed the call, 
America will stake its all, 
Unitedly with one accord 
A nation strong, well grasp the sword. 



21 



I 



WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE 

69TH N. Y. N. G. LEAVING FOR THE 

FRONT 

I saw Fifth Avenue to-day, 

A scene of patriotism 

And of mighty wealth and power. 

I saw our troops in khaki-grey, 

With measured step, march on their way. 

It was a most impressive sight 

Of martial, soldiery array. 

As with their banners gleaming bright, 

Their arms reflecting back the light. 

Our Sixty-Ninth marched off to-day. 



22 



RED, WHITE AND BLUE 

Then here's a song to the sturdy and strong 
Who safeguard the land of the free, 
May they strike for the right with main and might 
Where God and their country decree. 

Then join in the song, and the chorus prolong, 
A song to the brave and the true. 
For each Mother's son will shoulder a gun 
In defense of the Red, White and Blue. 

Not for a king nor the sake of the thing. 

Not for conquest nor lust for war. 

But for God and right we will rise in our might 

And strike for the flag we adore. 

Then join in the song, and the chorus prolong, 
A song to the brave and the true. 
For each Mother's son will shoulder a gun 
In defense of the Red, White and Blue. 

Let disturbers take care, and those beware 
Who scoff at the rights of the free. 
We will stand for the right with main and might 
Where God and our country decree. 

Then join in the song, and the chorus prolong, 
A song to the brave and the true. 
For each Mother's son will shoulder a gun 
In defense of the Red, White and Blue. 



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GETTYSBURG 

I stood beside the field at Gettysburg 

And in a reverie I thought I saw 

The great battle fought all over again. 

And as the smoke of battle cleared away 

I thought I saw an angel weep beside the slain. 

And death in all its ghastliness was here, 
And deeply grieved the angel o'er her dead 
Though here a mighty deed was wrought full well 
And here her children had not died in vain, 
For slavery's doom was heralded as they fell. 

Startled from my reverie I awoke. 
The angel and the scene of death was gone, 
Where mightily the warring hosts had strived, 
And where the flower of our manhood fell ; 
No vistage remained — but liberty survived. 



24 



EASTER 

Bright IS the sun with its quickening ray, 
That heralds in, in garments grey, 
The beautiful dawn of the Easter Day. 

Fair is the morn with the lark on the wing. 
Glad is the song that the song-birds sing, 
Nature's in smiles as it welcomes the spring. 

True is the heart where faith can abide. 
Sweet is the joy that faith will provide, 
Joyously we welcome the glad Eastertide. 



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EASTER CHIMES 

Hark! To the words the chimes seem to say, 
^'Christ is arisen to glory to-day/* 

Joy in the chiming, mirth in the lay, 
Christ is arisen in heaven to sway. 

Hark! The echo! Resounding the mirth, 
"Christ shall return and shall reclaim the earth." 



26 



OUR LORD 

Thy star of glory has arisen, 
To shine resplendent over all the earth, 
A beacon-light that points the way to heaven 
That all may profit by Thy birth. 

That all may join beneath Thy Standard 
That standard of immortal truth and worth, 
And trusting in their God and in Thy promise, 
Proclaim Thee Lord over all the earth. 



27 



JESUS GUIDE ME 

Jesus guide me on my way, 
If from Thee my footsteps stray, 
If from Thee I'd be beguiled; 
Jesus guard Thy erring child. 

Wordly wealth ends with the grave, 
Earthly powers cannot save, 
This I know that love of Thee 
Is a world of strength to me. 



28 



O GOD OF LOVE 

O God of love, I pray to Thee, 
That Thou wilt comfort me 
And quicken with new life, the heart 
That I would give to Thee. 

Be Thou my guide and give me strength 
That I may do my part, 
Thy badge of loyalty Fd wear 
Engraven on my heart. 



29 



LOVE ABIDETH FOREVER 

As broad as the mighty Sahara, 

As deep as the great rolling sea, 

Was the love Christ bore unto mankind, 

Though he suffered death on the tree. 

Man's mightiest works are forgotten. 
And nations may come and may go. 
Love alone abideth forever 
In the Heavens and earth below. 

Each succeeding season returning 
Brings its share of joy and of pain, 
But our lives have not been a failure 
W^hen the Spirit of Love remains. 



30 



IN THINE ABIDING PLACE 

Would I could fly away, 
Light-hearted, blithe, and gay, 
Beyond the sky! 
Like to a soul that*s free, 
From earth's mortality. 
My God, Fd fly to Thee, 
To dwell on high. 

Like to the burnished dove's 
Note of unchanging love. 
Thy praise Fd sing. 
In Thine abiding place. 
Grant me the needed grace. 
To look upon Thy, face, 
O Lord, my King! 



31 



THE LIGHT OF CHRISTIANITY 

Down through the ages that intervene 
Since He, the lowly Nazarene, 
Died on the cross at Calvary; 
A great and luminous light we see 
Breaking in upon the nations of the earth. 
It is the light of Christianity. 

Through the ages to come that light shall glow 
And its volume shall gain as the ages go, 
And its rays shall lighten in turmoil and strife, 
While it cheers and brightens each pathway in life. 
Unto the closing of life and the judgment day 
And the Lord decrees in His infinite way. 

If we trace back this light to its fountain head 
We see Christ arisen from the dead, . 
Victorious over death and the grave, 
Christ, the Saviour and Lord of all. 
Who came to win over sin and strife 
For God and for everlasting life. 

Through the ages to come that light shall glow 
And its volume shall gain as the ages go 
And its rays shall lighten in turmoil and strife 
While it cheers and brightens each pathway in life 
Unto the closing of life and the judgment day 
And the Lord decrees in His infinite way. 



33 



COULD I SCAN THE BOOK OF 
KNOWLEDGE 

Could I scan the book of knowledge 

that no mortal man is shown, 
Could I span the mighty chasm that 

separates the known from the unknown, 
Could I see deep into nature, see 

beyond all mortal sight 
I must change my finite being for 

the infinite. 



33 



TRUTH 

Truth, 

Heaven-born, 

Law of God 

And of His universe, 

And only partially fathomable to man. 

Though ever sought by him, 

And differently interpreted by all. 

How doubly blessed is he who 
Conforms to, and lives in 
Harmony with. Thy laws. 



34 



FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY 

O Christ, our Savior and our King, 
Our hope of life in realms above. 
Give us the grace thy praise to sing 
With greater faith and love. 
And crowning all with faith in Thee 
Grant us of thy bounteous store; Faith, Hope and 
Charity. 

'Twas Thine to bring us from above 
A note of greater faith and hope 
And tell us of the Father's love. 
*Twas Thine to give a greater scope, 
A greater breadth to thought and mind, 
'Twas Thine to forge a bond of love to link man- 
kind. 



35 



THE AGED PRELATE 

The glories of the setting sun 
Shone on his scanty locks of white, 
The spirit of another world 
Shone in his pallid features bright. 

With gentle mien and fortitude, 
He faced the parting of the ways. 
And all-abiding faith did cheer 
And solace these, — his closing days. 

His tired soul now longed for rest 
With trust in Heaven for reward, 
A long and useful life he'd given 
Unto 'the service of the Lord. 



36 



A DEMOCRATIC CHURCH 

I like a democratic church 
Beneath whose crowning steeple 
All men may meet on common ground, 
A Church for all the people. 

In social life they'd draw the line, 
Ascribe to each his station. 
But who would e'er a line define 
To meet God's approbation? 

'Tis not the clothes that make the man 
Nor yet the rank nor station. 
They form no factor in the plan 
That works for one's salvation. 

In many things we correspond. 
Though differing in others, 
We're still united by a bond 
That stamps all men as brothers. 



37 



CHRISTMAS 

He who was Prince of love, 

Came from His home above, 

Friend of the meek and the lowly of earth. 

All ye, who own His sway. 

On this. His natal day. 

Sing loud the joyful lay praising His worth, 

He the annointed One, 

God's well-beloved son, 

Hope of the faithful, bright star of earth. 

King of Godly power. 

On this festive hour 

Join ye in commemorating His birth. 



38 



CHILDHOOD 

Fond memories of childhood and scenes of my youth, 
Sweet hours of innocence, gladness, and truth. 
Long gone from my life, like a fleet passing day, 
And all but the memory faded away. 

Is it well to lament over years that are fled ? 
Or to wish the return of the joys that are dead ? 
How vain our regrets over life's fleeting hour 
That's gone forever beyond earthly power. 



39 



A DREAM OF A BY-GONE DAY 

It was in a dream of a by-gone day 
And of memories that had passed away, 
Fond memories of life's early hour, 
I saw again the scenes I had known 
E'er childhood's recollections had flown 
Revealed by some mystical power. 

Oh, mystic power that would fain 
Bring my childhood back again 
Can'st recall life's early number 
And awake through all my slumber 
Visions of the long departed 
Memories of the long ago? 

I felt again the home-ties of youth 

Return with vivid power and truth, 

Fond home-ties of life's early hour. 

The strength and the warmth of love I had known, 

Undimmed and unchanged by years that had flown, 

Revived by some mystical power. 

Oh, mystic power that would fain 
Bring my childhood back again 
Can'st recall life's early number 
And awake through all my slumber 
Visions of the long departed 
Memories of the long ago? 



40 



COME SING THE OLD TIME MELODIES 

Come sing the old-time melodies 

Songs of a by-gone day, 
All linked by fondest memories, 

To years long passed away. 

Linked to the years that are ever dear, 
The years we would prolong, 

The years long passed but ever near. 
In mystic realm of song. 

Come sing the old songs sweet and low. 

And give free fancy rein. 
Until our feelings overflow, 

And we are boys again. 



41 



JUST A HOME 

Just beyond the busy highways, 

The city marts and by-ways ; 
Just beyond the broad avenues where city people 
dwell, 

Where the song-bird's notes are swelling; 
There's a cosy little dwelling. 

There is no place else on earth 
I love so well. 

Just the cosiest little nest. 

Just a place for peace and rest. 
Just a spot that's dear to-day, 

As in the year that's flown. 
Here flowers of hope are blooming, 

Unpretentious, unassuming, 
Just a cosy little home that's 

All our own. 



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OUR BABY 

There's a little ray of sunshine, 
That has come into our lives, 
A bouncing, blue-eyed, baby boy, 
And goodness ! How he thrives ! 

From out the vale of Slumberland, 
The mysterious one arrives. 
This mighty, consequential chap 
That has come into our lives. 



43 



TRAVELING LIFE'S PATHWAY TO- 
GETHER 

Traveling life's pathway, husband and wife, 
Sharing the joys and the sorrows of life. 
Sharing life's pathway together. 

Strengthening bonds of affection each year, 
Life's checkered pathway to brighten and cheer. 
Life's checkered pathway together. 

Braving the storms and the battle of life, 
The care and the toil, the pain and the strife. 
Throughout life's journey together. 

Throughout life's journey on to the close 
Sharing the pleasures, and sharing the woes, 
Closing life's journey together. 



44 



THE HUDSON RIVER 

In the heavens the sun is brightly shining, 
While the broad river flows smoothly on its way. 
All nature seems rejoicing, still my heart is pining 
For they have called my soldier-lad away. 

While the waters ebb and flow, 
While the sun-beams dance and quiver, 
All its length a silvery glow. 
Flows the lordly Hudson River. 

'Twas here by the river our troth was plighted ; 
And here by the nooks he loved I stroll each day ; 
For though all nature's smiling, still my heart is 

blighted. 
For God has called my soldier-lad away. 

Ever on the waters glide. 
With a slow majestic motion. 
Changing only with the tide, 
Sweeping ever to the ocean. 

Time heals all wounds arid God's sweet mercy ever 
Gives us the strength to bear our sorrow and pain. 
We believe it, for He has given His word forever. 
In the hereafter we shall meet again. 

Still the silvery waters glow, 
Still the sunbeams dance and quiver. 
Still the Hudson waters flow 
Gliding on their course forever. 



45 



THE JERSEY SHORE 

There are picturesque places we hear of at times, 
And lands of rare beauty to see, 
But the land I adore is the fair Jersey Shore, 
It's a land of great charm for me. 

Over where the highlands and the ocean meet. 
Over where the Barnegat winds a silvery sheet. 
Winding down the ocean front a hundred miles or 

more 
Is the land I sing about, the fair New Jersey Shore. 

Over where one's thoughts easily run to rhyme, 
Over where myriad birds are singing overtime, 
Over where the ocean laps the beach in ceaseless 

roar. 
Far away the sun is shining on the Jersey Shore. 



46 



EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND 

There's a row of stately mansions 
Outlined clear against the sky, 
With a depth of sloping fore-lawns 
Ever pleasing to the eye. 
Far away the scenery lingers, 
Mile on mile of changing view 
Far beyond the city by-ways 
Runs the grand old avenue. 

Familiar to early childhood 
And to boyhood's happy year. 
And treasured still in memory. 
Are its recollections dear. 
In my mind I see the picture. 
All the well known scenes review. 
And my thoughts go back to childhood, 
And the grand old avenue. 



47 



HURRAH FOR THE ALLIES OF 1912-13 

Hurrah for the Bulgar, 
The fighting Bulgar 

Hurrah for the Spirit 
He has given birth, 

Fighting for liberty- 
Men of the Balkans, 

Champions of Christendom, 
Valor and worth. 

Hurrah for the Bulgar, 

The Greek and the Serbian, 
Allies doing Christendom's work. 
Fighting resistlessly, 

With might unexpected. 
Freeing the land, 

Of the unspeakable Turk. 

Force the ramparts of Adrianople, 

Push on to Constantinople, 
Yonder*s the goal already in sight, 

With added impetus, resistless, untiring, 
Bulgar, Serbian, and Greek to the fight. 



48 



ERIN 

Erin, once seat of ancient lore, 
And ruled by native kings. 
Where is the honored name you bore 
To which but memory clings? 
To-day, unhappy land of strife. 
Thy soul in misery delves. 
With Erin's sons, with discord rife. 
Divided among themselves. 



49 



CAESAR 

Rome was already in decline, 

Ere he, the arbiter of his time, 
The first and mightiest of his line. 

Made himself master of her destinies. 

The master spirit in command. 

The helm obeyed the master's hand, 

And Rome waxed powerful in the land. 

While far off Britain felt the Roman yoke. 

He infused into the Roman state, 

The strength that long postponed its fate, 

And saved to a more propitious date, 
The ancient civilization of Rome. 



50 



THE BIRTH OF THE NEW YEAR 

Hark to the merry din 

As the infant year is ushered in, 

With laughter and song 

And with bells pealing long, 

With the tooting of horns. 

And the best of good cheer. 

With playing and dancing 

And with music entrancing. 

The city welcomes the birth of the year. 



51 



WASTE NOT, WANT NOT 

There^s a saying old and time-worn, 
That through all the centuries by-gone, 
Even at the dawn of history. 
Was known to man. 

And as at history's dawning, 
Unto this day we hear the warning. 
That has echoed down the centuries. 
Since life began. 

There's a promise providential, 
And a warning note potential. 
In the simple little adage, 
''Waste not, want not." 



52 



A DUAL NATURE 

There is within the heart of man 
Impulse for good and ill, 
With each side doing what it can 
To dominate the will. 

A conflict's ever going on 
Deep in one's inner life, 
The evil and the good thereof 
Are in everlasting strife. 



53 



DEATH 

Death came on the winds, 

Like a thief at night, 
As the last lingering hope 

Had left us. 
He touched on the chord of life 

With his might, 
And of our dearly loved one 

Bereft us. 

Like the dew of morn 

Our loved one is gone, 
Far from the vale 

Of anguish and sorrow. 
But lifers but a day. 

Fast fleeting away. 
With God^s help we will meet 

On the morrow. 



54 



STAR OF HOPE 

Shining brightly through the skies, 
Star of hope that never dies, 
Light of heaven of wondrous ray. 
Omen of a better day. 

Omen of a better day 
When right shall resume its sway, 
Promise of a glorious morrow, 
Joy triumphant over sorrow. 

Piercing deep the heart of man 
Hope eternal springs again. 
Bright star of hope our wish to thee 
Is life for an eternity. 



55 



DREAMLAND 

There^s a land that is queer, 

And wonderfully dear, 

Unlike anything we find upon earth, 

A land that we all of us visit at times 

And is known unto each from his birth. 

A land of illusion 

In quaintest profusion 

A land where nothing is quite what it seems, 

A land that is dear, if our conscience is clear. 

Is the land that we see in our dreams. 

A mysterious land. 

That we don't understand, 

A land of visions both dear and uncouth. 

Like the wonderland told of in fairy tales. 

Is the dreamland we know in our youth. 

Land of inspirations 

And great revelations 

Land of mysterious prophetic truth. 

Still dear in many ways, as in our childhood days, 

Is the Dreamland of Age, and of Youth. 



56 



ANNETTE^S GARDEN 

Fairer flowers are never seen 

Than in Ann*s garden growing. 

Not even fairy hands, I ween, 

Could make a fairer floral showing. 

I could not tell in all my days 

One half the glories of these flowers 

Nor in what ingenious ways 

They^re fashioned into plots and bowers. 

Annette's flowers are blooming fair, 
Everywhere with joy illuming. 

But fairer still and far more rare 
Is Ann, herself, sweet, unassuming. 



57 



YOUR MEMORY FLL TREASURE 

There's one who will ever be dear to my heart, 
There's a tie that no parting can sever, 
No matter what oceans or seas do us part. 
Your memory I'll treasure forever. 

As long as the life in this bosom shall last 

And as long as the heart feels emotion. 

Unto you will it turn through the years as they pass. 

With a heart's never failing devotion. 



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TO COMPLETE THE PLAN 

Musing by the river side while in ceaseless motion, 
The river-waters flow smoothly on their way. 
Ever on their wanted course to the mother ocean, 
This to me the murmuring waters seemed to say. 

''Life is like the water-course going on forever. 
Death is but a circumstance to the soul of man, 
Even though the body dies, God (the spirit giver) 
Takes again each thread of life to complete the 
plan." 



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